WARREN — Local historian and retired Macomb Community College professor Wesley Arnold could be in trouble for comments he made at the Feb. 24 Warren City Council meeting.

METRO DETROIT/LANSING — Michigan students in kindergarten through 12th grade won’t be bringing their cellphones inside the classroom next year.

WARREN — After nine years at the helm of Van Dyke Public Schools, Superintendent Piper Bognar recently announced she is leaving the district effective June 30.

DETROIT — When he was a teenager back in 1968, Lenny Palmeri spent much of his free time in his dad’s garage at their home in East Detroit, now Eastpointe.

MACOMB COUNTY — In 2022, the state Legislature created a new mental health and school safety grant known as 31aa funding.

EASTPOINTE — At the last two Eastpointe City Council meetings, brief presentations were held to recognize a number of Eastpointe firefighters for their dedication to the profession.

METRO DETROIT/LANSING — Michigan students in kindergarten through 12th grade won’t be bringing their cellphones inside the classroom next year while at school.

ROSEVILLE — If you were going to assemble your own basketball league, you’d want to find players who are willing to practice hard, show their team spirit and follow the rules of the game.

METRO DETROIT — The Girl Scouts of the United States of America went down a “rocky road” to create its newest cookie flavor.

EASTPOINTE/ROSEVILLE — Two local churches have scheduled their fish fries for the Lenten season.

METRO DETROIT — With the recent heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures, school has been canceled in many local districts this year as a safety precaution for staff and students. 

WARREN — Ed Malaga didn’t hold back. He strummed his air guitar and did some classic Chuck Berry footwork while grooving to the Rolling Stones “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.”

EASTPOINTE — At the Jan. 28 Eastpointe Community Schools Board of Education meeting — which had been rescheduled from Jan. 26 due to weather conditions — the school board voted 7-0 to place a non-homestead operating millage replacement on the May 5 ballot.